Robert Crystal

Robert Crystal has been making pottery since 1969, when he stumbled into the ceramics studio at the University of Maryland. As a product of the 60's, he was intrigued as much by the medium as by the prospect of an alternate lifestyle. Almost immediately, the studio became his home, and by the end of that first year, he was determined to pursue pots as his life's work. “The dynamic quality of wheel work made me a thrower, and functional clay became my focus. I loved the idea of pots for use-that something I made might become part of someone's everyday life.”

All of Robert’s work is of stoneware clay, high-fired in a gas reduction kiln. Because of the variations inherent in handmade, high fired, stoneware pottery, each piece becomes unique. Everything is food safe and is suitable for the oven.

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